Documentary on One Podcast
1,856 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 68 ratingsMulti award winning documentaries from Ireland telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 340 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'GunPlot' and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.
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Return To The Green Line
September 26, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIn 1996, Gardaí deployed on UN peacekeeping duties in Cyprus saw two men killed. Unarmed, and caught up in the violence within the UN buffer zone, Garda Frank Flood witnessed both killings at close hand. Now, for the first time in almost a quarter-of-a-century, Frank is returning to Cyprus to revisit those events and find out more (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive (1983): People on the Move
September 24, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutesColum Kenny presents an exploration of types of transport as he takes to the skies in an Aer Lingus flight bound for New York, crosses the Irish Sea in the B&I Line ferry, visits the Murder Mile in a Belfast taxi and talks to Dublin motorists. (1983)
The Undetectables
September 20, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThousands of Irish people live with HIV today. You can’t see it in their face. Many of them are living in the shadows, fearful of judgement. The numbers of people being diagnosed with HIV are higher than they have ever been. We meet four people affected by HIV and find out what it is really like to be HIV positive in Ireland today. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Death: Don’t Leave It To The Last Minute
September 13, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWhen an 81 year old woman, in good health, pitched an idea into us about death and dying, we had to find out more. So in early 2019, we began following Gray Cahill as she put a plan in place for when she dies. In planning ahead, she's also looking back over her life. As Gray says, “Dying is part of living, and living is part of dying.” (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Brendan Behan in Paris
September 06, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBBrendan Behan is one of Ireland's greatest writers. Some of his most important work was influenced by time he spent in Paris just after World War II where he mixed with some of the most important writers of the 20th century. In an interview never previously broadcast, Behan reveals the influence Paris had on him as a writer. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Reprisals
August 29, 2019 02:00 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MBSet in South Galway against the backdrop of one of the bloodiest months of the Irish War of Independence, th dramatic story the short life and tragic death of 24-year-old Eileen Quinn who was shot by uniformed men outside her home in 1920. Almost 100 years later Eileen’s grand-niece pieces together events from that fateful day (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Benjy The Little Gay Bull
August 23, 2019 02:00 - 43 minutes - 39.3 MBThe story of how a little bull from the west of Ireland made national & international headlines which soon became an online viral sensation. In 2014 Joe Kelly, a farmer in county Mayo bought Benjy the bull to breed with his herd of cows but Benjy had no interest with the cows and soon found himself in danger of life at the slaughterhouse. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
There's Something About Elephants
August 16, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBAmy Herron’s grandad was one of the most famous people in Ireland. He was Elephant-keeper at Dublin Zoo and entertained crowds with Sarah the elephant. Amy Herron finds out about the fun side of her grandad’s work but also learns about the treatment of elephants then that would not be tolerated now. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thomas and Tess
August 15, 2019 08:00 - 41 minutes - 75.1 MBTess Murray never forgot her first love. She was a young teacher, engaged to Thomas McEver, a chemist who had moved to Dunmore Co. Galway as the Irish War of Independence was drawing to a close in the spring of 1921. But fate took a tragic turn one night when Thomas was abducted, brutally murdered and accused of being a spy. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Back To The Rock
August 09, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBIn August 1979, a massive Atlantic storm turned the Fastnet Yacht Race into the greatest yacht-racing disaster ever witnessed. In spite of the biggest peacetime rescue effort at sea, 21 people died, boats were dismasted, abandoned or sunk as the race became a fight to stay alive. On one of those boats was teenager John O'Donnell. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
I Hope You Will Be Home Soon
August 02, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBWhen Nan Delaney, from Co. Laois, died, her six children came across a small wooden box that she had kept private all her life. When they opened it, they discovered evidence of a time, in their family, when things were extremely stressful and frightening. In this documentary, the children recall that period with tears and laughter. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Baron of Broadway
July 19, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBThis is the near-unbelievable story of a man who, in the 1950s, tried to purchase the six counties of Northern Ireland and gift them to the Republic of Ireland. In 1914, West Limerick man John J Hanley left for New York to gentrify his persona into the 'Baron of Broadway'. He became hugely rich and focused on Irish reunification (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Cigarettes and Samba
July 12, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBThe Irish soccer team’s 1982 tour of South America during the Falklands War was a farcical episode in Irish sport. 4 games, 3 defeats, 2 cancellations. But how did half the squad end up being detained by armed police? And how did a carpet salesman from Limerick end up sitting in the cigarette smoke and samba of Brazil’s 1982 World Cup Squad? (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Whistleblower
July 05, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIn 1976 the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed of £200,000. Cormac Breatnach’s brother Osgur was arrested for it, confessed and was jailed for 12 years. But there was a catch. He didn’t do it. The devastation of the injustice was enormous as Osgur’s family tried to come to terms with what had happened. Cormac turned to music. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Man From Tallahassee
June 28, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBEd Randolph came to Ireland to play Basketball in the 1980s. While most of his fellow American players went back home, Ed met Ann, settled down and had a family in Bray. He made a sporting life coaching and playing the game he loves well into middle age. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Inside Stories
June 21, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBAuthor Carlo Gébler, son of award-winning Irish writer Edna O’Brien, spent three decades teaching creative writing within the Northern Ireland prison system. Carlo was told that his job was not to teach, but to be a human being. Returning to Magilligan Prison, Carlo asks if he made any real difference to the prisoners he taught (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Case of Majella Moynihan
June 15, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBIn 1985, an unnamed female Garda was threatened with dismissal from An Garda Síochána. Following an internal Garda investigation, she was charged with having pre-marital sex with another Recruit Garda, and for having given birth to a baby outside of marraige. Majella Moynihan has remained silent for the past 34 years - until now. (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sin-é: Jeff Buckley's Irish Odyssey
June 07, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBIn the mid 1990s, Singer and Songwriter Jeff Buckley was set to become as big as Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen. But he died tragically aged just 30. With over 4 million record sales to his name, Jeff remains a huge musical figure across the world. In 2016, Journalist Steve Cummins explored Jeff Buckley’s connections to Ireland. (2016) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Loophole
May 31, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBA story of betrayal, scheming, paranoia, money and one of the world's most prestigious law schools, The Loophole looks at the lengths people will go to in order to realise their dreams and the callousness of those who try to shatter them. (2015) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Peadar Mercier
May 24, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutesPeadar Mercier, the first ever professional bodhrán and bones player, captured the pulse of Irish traditional music. 25 years after his death, his son Mel traces his father's unique life story - from his protestant heritage, to world tours with The Chieftains & a 10 year adventure with composer John Cage into the world of experimental music. (2016)
Peadar Mercier
May 24, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBPeadar Mercier, the first ever professional bodhrán and bones player, captured the pulse of Irish traditional music. 25 years after his death, his son Mel traces his father's unique life story - from his protestant heritage, to world tours with The Chieftains & a 10 year adventure with composer John Cage into the world of experimental music. (2016) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini
May 17, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutesFour people tried to assassinate Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Only one person came close - her name was Violet Gibson and she was Irish. Violet spent the rest of her life in mental institutions, forgotten by society and by history. (2014)
Return to Shark Island
May 10, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBWhen a group of people arrived on Achill Island in May, 1951 nobody foresaw that only two of them would leave alive. The film they had arrived to make – “Shark Island” - would end in tragedy. Actor Claire Mullen was in that film and returns to Achill to finally try to achieve closure on what was one of the worst film accidents in history. (2017) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Chasin' Roe
May 03, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIn the 1980's, Kildare man Michael Row was amongst the quickest drivers in the world. Destined to become a global household name, the biggest teams in Formula 1 scrambled for his signature. However, a critical decision sent Michael down a different road. But now he's back, helping his newphew James Roe Jr follow in his footsteps. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Chasin' Roe
May 03, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutesIn the 1980's, Kildare man Michael Row was amongst the quickest drivers in the world. Destined to become a global household name, the biggest teams in Formula 1 scrambled for his signature. However, a critical decision sent Michael down a different road. But now he's back, helping his newphew James Roe Jr follow in his footsteps. (2018)
Agatha Christie's Final Mystery
April 19, 2019 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBA radio documentary about how Dubliner John Curran's fascination with best selling novelist Agatha Christie has changed his life and brought a new Hercule Poirot story to the world for the first time in 30 years. (2010) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
JG Farrell: 149 Days In The Life Of
April 12, 2019 12:00 - 36 minutesJG Farrell, the 2 time Booker winning author moved to West Cork, Ireland in March of 1979. Shortly after, he drowned while fishing. Using interviews of neighbours, family and friends - this documentary tells the story of those 149 days in the life of JF Farrell. (2010)
Dark Snow & Emma
April 05, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBOver the past decade Ireland has endured some extreme weather cycles from heavy snow to summer heat waves. There is an argument that these events are influenced by what's happening with the Greenland Ice Sheet. Each year the ice sheet is covered in new snow but recently more ice is melting than snow falling. Liam O'Brien visits to learn more.(2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Cut
March 29, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutesYoung girls throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East are subject to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) each year. A procedure where the genitals of young girls are deliberately cut for religious and social reasons. Journalist MIchael O'Kane meets women trying to end this practice which is seen as normal tradition within some cultures. (2018)
The Cut
March 29, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 35.6 MBYoung girls throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East are subject to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) each year. A procedure where the genitals of young girls are deliberately cut for religious and social reasons. Journalist MIchael O'Kane meets women trying to end this practice which is seen as normal tradition within some cultures. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
An Extraordinary Affair
March 08, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBAs we celebrate International Women’s Day, we recall the story of two Irish women who were born into upper-class Anglo Ireland in the 17th century. Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby's relationship scandalised Ireland long before Ireland passed the same-sex marriage referendum, but were these two women the first openly Irish lesbian couple? (2011). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Pope's Prisoners
March 01, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBJust before the Papal Visit to Ireland in 2018, we look back at the first-ever visit of a Pope to Ireland in 1979. We've come across two intriguing stories which have largely been forgotten. One about a Papal amnesty, where the government released 76 prisoners and the other about the hopes of people in Dublin's Sean McDermott Street. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Last King of Ireland
February 22, 2019 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBPatsy Dan Rodgers is the last King of Ireland. He's ruled his fiefdom of Tory Island for more than 20 years and can trace an unbroken lineage back to the 5th century. Over time, Led by their Kinds and in at least one case a Queen. The Islanders have seen off Vikings, marauding Pirates and invaders from the mainland (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Riverchapel Ladies On Tour
February 15, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.2 MBThe Riverchapel Ladies Group go on a Golden Years holiday to Westport, County Mayo. They dance, pray, sing, give out about each other and the hotel, post stuff or Facebook, hold starfish, keep each other company and chase the latest toy craze. Nathan is a young man with dreadlocks who joins them on the bus for this week long holiday (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Johnny Cash's Lost Tour of Ireland
February 08, 2019 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBA Documentary On One listener shares a recording he had for safe keeping. It brings listeners closer than ever to Johnny Cash on his first tour of Ireland, twelve gigs in ten days. Few people remember the very first Irish performances by the country music legend who would come to love Ireland and be loved by the Irish. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sisters
February 01, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBBeginning in 1888, hundreds of Irish teenagers were sent to a convent in Texas that was dedicated to educating emancipated salves after the American Civil War. A lifetime later, the grand niece of two of these nuns uncovers their stories, which chronicle a century of change in the Catholic Church, race relations and women's rights (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Prince At The Castle
January 25, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBOn a summer morning in 2011, a group of production staff arrived at Malahide Castle, County Dublin to work on a concert for American musician Prince. That morning, Prince had fired his own crew and an Irish team had been hurriedly drafted in. What would the next 15 hours bring? Would the "difficult genius" have any more surprises? (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Does My Bum Sound Big In This?
January 18, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBJoyce, is by her own admission, only living a ‘half-life’. A funny, vibrant, creative person with lots of friends, she rarely leaves the house. She’s morbidly obese. Recorded over the last two years, we follow Joyce as she tackles the complex reasons behind her weight, tries to shed her shell and ‘find her way back to normal’. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
New York - 1, David - 0
January 11, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBDavid Atkinson, a cocky, 22-year old from Wexford goes to New York to find work after college. Which sounds great except that David’s going on a visa which gives him just 90 days to find work. The clock starts when the wheels of his suitcase hit American soil. Will he find a job before his money, his visa or his luck runs out? (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Reindeer Santa Left Behind
December 21, 2018 12:00 - 43 minutesLast Christmas Eve Santa Claus was delivering presents around the world. Blitzen got badly injured after a rough landing in Scotland. Luckily the other reindeer made sure Santa made it to Ireland. Unsure if Blitzen could return to The North Pole. Santa asked the Mulready family in Wexford if they could nurse Blitzen back to full health (2018)
The Reindeer Santa Left Behind
December 21, 2018 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBLast Christmas Eve Santa Claus was delivering presents around the world. Blitzen got badly injured after a rough landing in Scotland. Luckily the other reindeer made sure Santa made it to Ireland. Unsure if Blitzen could return to The North Pole. Santa asked the Mulready family in Wexford if they could nurse Blitzen back to full health (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Garda Who Limped
November 29, 2018 12:00 - 40 minutesIn 2014, John Wilson was the first Garda whistleblower to go public. Uncovering a culture of ‘ticket-fixing’ in An Garda Síochána, he also had information on other serious wrongdoings within the force. Wilson, along with the other Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, have both suffered greatly for refusing to turn a blind eye. (2018)
The Garda Who Limped
November 29, 2018 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIn 2014, John Wilson was the first Garda whistleblower to go public. Uncovering a culture of ‘ticket-fixing’ in An Garda Síochána, he also had information on other serious wrongdoings within the force. Wilson, along with the other Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, have both suffered greatly for refusing to turn a blind eye. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Notes From A Belfast Rape Trial
November 23, 2018 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBIn 2018, 4 men, including Irish rugby stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, were acquitted on all charges relating to the alleged rape of a 19yr-old woman. The trial provoked widespread media coverage, social media comment and street protests - followed by 2 reports into how Ireland's judicial systems handle serious sexual assault (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Battle Of Baltinglass
November 16, 2018 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBIn November 1950, a letter was received by the sub postmistress in the tiny town of Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow. She was to be sacked and replaced by a government appointee - but she wouldn't go down without a fight. She and her supporters took on the Irish government and in the end, only one of them was left standing - but which one? (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ireland's First Superstar
November 02, 2018 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBPatrick Sarsfield Gilmore emigrated from Ballygar Co Galway to America in the 1840's. He went on to become a leading bandmaster and composer, writing the song ‘When Johnny comes marching home’. He played to millions during his lifetime. But this hugely successful entertainer and Ireland’s first real superstar remains largely unknown. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker
October 26, 2018 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBIn October 2018, a new book entitled Code Breaker by Marc McMenamin was published. That book was borne out of this documentary - which tells the incredible true story of a librarian, a Nazi spy and Ireland's secret role in turning the tide of World War II. And at the heart of this story lies an unassuming man from Limerick, named Richard Hayes 2017 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Summer of Astral Weeks
October 12, 2018 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBVan Morrison is one of the great musicians of his generation. His 1968 album Astral Weeks is said to be one of the finest albums of all time. We visit Boston, LA and New York to hear the story of that summer and reunite, for the first time in 50 years, the musicians who played on Astral Weeks – bar one. Narrated by Richard Dormer (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Hospital Always Wins
October 05, 2018 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBIn 2005, American producer Laura Starecheski began recording at the Living Museum, an art studio for patients at Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital in New York City. Whilst there, Laura stumbled on to a mystery that would take ten years to unravel. It involved one patient, Issa Ibrahim. First broadcast by State of the Re:Union on NPR. (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Finding Private Branch
September 28, 2018 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThis is a tale that spans 60 years. It begins in Dublin, travels to America, then onto Germany, before finally returning to Dublin. It’s about friendship and guilt - of bonds made and of bonds broken - and of a mans search to find closure. Throughout all of this, it’s the story of two men inextricably linked by an incident in 1959 (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.